DataLike: Interview with Tẹjúmádé Àfọ njá

Her research focuses on developing privacy-preserving generative models for tabular data and speech models tailored for African-accented English. She is also the co-founder of AISaturdays Lagos whose aim is to make AI knowledge easily accessible in Africa; free courses on data science, machine learning and deep learning are offered. She is among the few people working to make African data accessible on the internet. She shares her story about how she balances the multiple roles she plays to maintain a healthy work/life balance. My journey into the realm of technology began in my second year of undergraduate studies, ignited by the captivating images of NASA's Curiosity rover exploring Mars.